Blow Your Mind
Blow Your Mind is an entertainment show on CBBC. Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken meet the top experts on the planet to demonstrate things that will blow your mind. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 30 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in November 2026.
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Dr Chris and Dr Xand find out about brainy birds. Chris Packham visits a safe-cracking parrot, a watch-stealing cockatoo and even some time-travelling birds.
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Dr Chris and Dr Xand find out about brainy birds. Chris Packham meets a clever crow called 007 and a resourceful raven called Bran.
July 2026
Dr Chris and Dr Xand learn about space. They discover that the Earth has an invisible force field that protects it from deadly solar winds.
Dr Chris and Dr Xand learn about space. They find out all about the angle of the Earth's spin and how it affects lots of things, including the four seasons.
Dr Chris and Dr Xand learn about space. Dr Maggie demonstrates how something as big as a satellite can stay in orbit around the Earth.
June 2026
Dr Chris and Dr Xand learn about space. They find out about satellites and how thousands are orbiting the Earth.
Dr Chris and Dr Xand learn about space. They find out about the moon and how it is getting farther away from Earth.
Dr Chris and Dr Xand learn about space. They find out all about the length of our days and how they are getting longer - and that it's all because of the moon.
Dr Chris and Dr Xand learn about space. They find out about meteorites, and what happens when they land on Earth.
Dr Chris and Dr Xand learn all about space. They find out about gravity and how it formed all the planets and stars in the universe.
May 2026
Dr Chris and Dr Xand are in Greenland to learn about glaciers and icebergs. The scientists and explorers spend their last day at the iceberg.
Dr Chris and Dr Xand are in Greenland to learn about glaciers and icebergs. The scientists brave the bears to place sensors to discover how wave movement affects the iceberg.
Dr Chris and Dr Xand are in Greenland to learn about glaciers and icebergs. Chris Packham uses the helicopter to find out how many polar bears are on the iceberg.
Dr Chris and Dr Xand are in Greenland to learn about glaciers and icebergs. Neptune's skipper Ragi has a difficult time docking at the iceberg.
Dr Chris and Dr Xand are in Greenland to learn about glaciers and icebergs. They leave their camp and head out across the high Arctic seas.
Dr Chris and Dr Xand are in Greenland to learn about glaciers and icebergs. Chris Packham wants to investigate some icy whirlpools at Store Glacier.
Dr Chris and Dr Xand are in Greenland to learn about glaciers and icebergs. Chris begins an experiment to investigate the smallest inhabitants of the glacier - mosquitoes.
Dr Chris and Dr Xand explore an incredible but dangerous underground world of massive caves and tunnels within Store Glacier.
Dr Chris and Dr Xand return to Store Glacier in Greenland with a team of top experts and explorers to find out more about glaciers and icebergs.